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CNOOC halts field work at western Uganda project over Ebola fears

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Oil producer China National Offshore Oil Corp said on Thursday it had halted field work at its western Uganda project over an Ebola scare and would resume operations only after getting the green light from the health ministry. FILE PHOTO: The logo of China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) is pictured at… Read More »

China halts work on gene-edited babies

China’s government has ordered a halt to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies. Leading scientists have declared it’s still too soon to try to make permanent changes to DNA that can be inherited by future generations. Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology Xu Nanping… Read More »